leges

See also: Leges, lèges, and leges-

English

Verb

leges

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lege

Noun

leges

1. plural of lex

Danish

Noun

leges c

1. indefinite genitive singular of leg

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lēgēs, plural of lēx.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ɣəs/, /ˈleː.ʒəs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: le‧ges

Noun

leges pl (plural only, no diminutive)

1. administrative fees paid to a government

Descendants

• → Indonesian: leges

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch leges (“administrative fees paid to a government”), from Latin lēgēs, plural of lēx.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈleɡəs/ [ˈle.ɡəs]
• Rhymes: -eɡəs
• Syllabification: le‧ges

Noun

leges (plural leges-leges)

1. (law) administrative fees paid to a government
2. stamp (seal) issued by the local government

Further reading

• “leges”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Interlingua

Noun

leges

1. plural of lege

Ladin

Noun

leges

1. plural of lege

Latin

Etymology 1

Inflection of legō (“read”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫɛ.ɡeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒes]

Verb

legēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of legō (Etymology 1)

Etymology 2

From lēx (“a formal motion for a law”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫeː.ɡeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɛː.d͡ʒes]

Verb

lēgēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of lēgō (Etymology 2)

Noun

lēgēs f

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lēx

References

• “leges”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “leges”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Etymology 1

From lege (“league”) +‎ -es.

Noun

leges

1. plural of lege (“league”)

Etymology 2

From lege (“liege”) +‎ -es.

Noun

leges

1. plural of lege (“liege”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

leges

1. passive form of lege

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.jes/

Noun

lēġes

1. genitive singular of lēġ